Joe4Wheels

My light can never be snuffed out  I may need machines to breathe  This wheelchair just to move  The hands of others to exist  But my light can never be put out I have a strength that can’t be seen  Only in my actions it manifests  Physical power may escape me  But the strength of my spirit and presence  Is stronger than steel and burns hot My body has failed me  But my mind has not and will not  My integrity cannot be swayed  I’m fueled by the haters But never consumed by ha

I don’t live a life most would consider normal. I can’t move much except to drive my chair or talk. That being said, I’m always going somewhere and you can’t shut me up. I live, not suffer, with a disability called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It’s a genetic disorder that causes my muscles to damage and die quicker than they grow and repair. Though I can’t really grow muscles either. Believe it or not I was walking until I was 9. The muscles responsible for walking went away

The world just sees I’m disabled,  I choose to live fully enabled. People try to limit me through labels, But to me these are nothing but fables. When it comes to my soul only I have possession, Because my independence is my obsession. I see the world through the windows of oppression, But I have too much pride to cause me depression. I use words to fight ignorance like a weapon, I destroy the unconscious with the blade of expression. I choose to live fully enabled, Try to st